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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Stillwater in Oklahoma

Posted by admin on January 17, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.0828S, -97.202WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Stillwater in Oklahoma on Sunday. Global time and date of event 17/01/16 / 2016-01-17 08:51:55 / January 17, 2016 @ 8:51 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 02:51:55 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10004f5n. Event ids that are associated: us10004f5n. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.33 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -97.202 West, latitude 36.0828 North, depth = 6.33 km.

The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Oklahoma City (c. 580 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Edmond (c. 81 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Midwest City (c. 54 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Stillwater (c. 45 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Del City, Oklahoma City, Bethany (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.202° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0828° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-01-17 08:51:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-17 09:11:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 148 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.321 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10004f5n Id of event.
Event Code 10004f5n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004f5n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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